This seems to be part of an administration-wide effort to treat the nation’s largest state not as an object of loving persuasion but as a target, and as a demon-figure for the edification and excitement of people in Trump Country.

This time around, though, the show wrestles with the idea that demons aren't so easily exorcised: the season begins with Jessica Jones confronting the fact that killing Killgrave didn’t necessarily solve her problems.

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